Improvement in power-presses



G.J.BEASLEY. POWER PRESS.

Na 11a246. Patented Apr.4,187L

dition (time CHARLES J. toaster, or PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, Assist-on To TAPPEY, LIIMsDEN a co.. or sans IJLAGE.`

Letters Patent No. 113,24aaaa Apart Isn.

IMPROVEMENT IN POWER-PRESSES.

` The 'Schedule referred to in the Letters Patent and part of the lame.

To all whom wtmay concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. BnAsLnY', of Petersburg, in the county of Dinwiddie and State of Virginia., have invented. a new and useful Improvemcnt in Power-Presses; and I `do hereby dec-lare that the following is a full, clear and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification. l

IThis invention relates to improvements in powerpresses, for pressing hay, cotton,.and the like; and

It consists in a novel arrangement wit-h a drivingshaft gearing witlra paii` of screws, by which the follower is worked; of a driving-wheel, connecting gears, and shitting apparatus therefor, by which the screws may be turned either way' for moving the follower back and forth; and the diseonnectingof the gears is --automatically'eliected when the follower has arrived at the proper place for4 stopping.

Figure 1 is 'a side elevation of'any improved press; Figure 2 is a sectional elevation of 'the same; and 'Figure 3 is a partial elevation of 'one of the sides, perpendicular tothat shown in iig. 1.

Similar letters o f reference indicate corresponding parts.

A `representsa vertical case, of any approved kind. B, the follower. C, the screws for working said follower. y v D, the driving-shaft, gearing with the wheels E -on the said screws by means of pinions I", keyed vto it;

and

G is lthe pulley, by which the power is applied.

This pulleyis litted at each end of its hub to clutch with collars on said shaft, and is capable of sliding back andforth to connect with one or the'other.

The one H is keyed to the shaft D, and imparts motion to it; the other is connected to the pinion K, working loosely omshaft D, and gearing with the wheel E, next to said driving-pulley G.

L is a shifting-lever, pivoted atM, and connected with the hub of wheel G for shiftingr it.

It is also connected by thelink N with the arm of a rock-shaft, P, to ,another 4arm, Q, of which the 'i rod R is connected. l

This rod rises up alongside of one of the screws T, for said screw o n the follower, audit carries'at or about wherethe follower is required to stop, at the end of each movement, a stop-unt, V, which may be screwed up or down for adjustment. A

The nuts T are connected to the follower bythe yokes V, which admit of ready disconnection for removing the follower to ll the case'.l

The'case being lled,and the follower connected to the nuts, the pulley, which stands'between the collars and runs free from either, being shifted bythe hand-lever L to connect with the collar H, will set -the shaft `D and screws iu motion, and force the follower down till the lower projection S strikes the lower -stop-nnt U, and forces rod E down, which, turning shaft l?, willrdraw the' pulley G away from collar H to the space between it and collar I, where it will again run free till the bale is tied, and it is required to raise the follower again; then the said pnlley is moved into gear with collar I, which, turning pinion K, will impart the requisite :notion to the screw with which it gears, to raise the follower; and this -turning shaft-D, by its pinion F, will turn the other serew,.and,both ends of thefoll-ower willbe raised till the projection -S comes against the upper stop-nut and lifts' rod It, which, turning` shaft 1 in the opposite direction to that in which4 it ymoved it before, will shift' the pulley G hack again betweexrthe collars, .when it will run free till the case is charged again.

Having thusl described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters .Patent- 1. 4The loose and shifting driving or band-pulley G,

having its hub provided with clutches for adapting it to engage with collars H and I, which aretixed on the shaft, as and for the purpose specilied.

`2. The stop-rod R, having the stop-nnts'U arranged to be acted on by the projection Sof nut T, combined with the shifting-lever L by means of the oscillating shaft, cranks, and link for shifting 4said lever, all substantially as specified.

. CHARLES J. BEASLEY. Witnesses: F. J. TAPPnY,

Ro. I. STEEL. 

